hello everybody!

I'm johannes. I used to share this account with my ex, but since she's not traveling anymore I keep on using it alone. So if you get confused by reference or stuff, that's why!

i started to travel 2007, around new zealand, australia and china.

in germany i did my apprenticeship as a stonemason. always when i had time i hitchhiked around. the bug already got me.

since than i didn't, couldn't stop. around europe until i had enough money to leave to canada. toronto to dawson to vancouver island to halifax to toronto. on the way i got some cash for flying to jamaica. after working in europe again and spending some time in eastern africa i hitchhiked for six months around southern south america.

up in iceland i, by good chance, found a job as a dog musher, snow hotel builder and snow mobile guide in northern norway. dog sledding under northern lights for half a year. After i hitchhiked down to france from there and took a plane to halifax where i thumped to ottawa and back for a wedding.

after that i went back to helsinki and hitchhiked around lappland and finnmark. from finland i flew to tokyo and thumbed all across japan and south korea for a couple of months.

Back to work in the north, than travelling around Namibia , Botswana and south Africa.

Last year i had a busy summer season, first traveling through Israel and France and Estonia and than off to UAE and Hongkong for a month, and finally I hitchhiked through China to the north west. In Xinjiang I crossed the border to Mongolia and hitchhiked on to ulaanbatar, staying in the northwest. From there I flew to Macau, than holiday in the Philippines and after that I fulfilled a ten year dream and traveled one month through Papua New Guinea!

This year I travelled a lot in Europe, visiting friends and barbecues.
After that I fulfilled another dream and explored amazing Iran for a month.

Soon I'm back in the north, so if you pass by, let me know...

looking forward to meet you, drink a beer, share some food and stories...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Obvious reasons

Interests

Nothing i enjoy more than a sunburned thumb, setting my tent and lighting a fire. Actually maybe beer is first..

• dogs
• cooking
• beer
• traveling
• hiking
• hitchhiking

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Botswana, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Mongolia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Germany, Norway